Hi Everyone! (and quick recipe - roasted squash seeds)

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Hi!!

 

Wow, I haven't joined an email list in a loong time so I'm excited about

this one I'm Jessica, and I've been a vegetarian for 9-10 years (don't quite

remember when). I also don't usually cook with added fats (oil, butter, cheese,

etc) unless I'm throwing a party or making a dessert which is rare. The last

food type list I was on was a Fat Free and a Low Fat one, and that was years

ago. I'm a veg because meat has always grossed me out. Mom didn't make a lot of

it when I was growing up, and I always hated it. Got to the point where the only

time I ate it was to " be nice " when I was at someone's house for dinner, and

decided it was ridiculous to be eating something I didn't want to for someone

else. My pet peeve about being a veg is that when someone finds out that I am

one, you get the " I used to be but found I HAD to have meat/gained weight/was

tired/etc " or whatever other reason they are no longer veg. To be honest, I

don't really like talking about why I'm veg

or hear about why other's aren't or used to be... after all, I don't go around

asking people why they eat what they do... I actually think it's kind of rude.

Anyway...

 

A bit more about myself... I'm 35, divorced 3 years ago, my ex and I are on

great terms (he remarried last year), and no kids. I live in the San Francisco

Bay Area (close to San Jose actually) and I've been dating my boyfriend Thad for

almost 3 years... he lives in L.A. so I'm constantly on planes, we see each

other 2-4 weekends a month. Yes, Southwest loves us

 

I've been working in the tech industry at the same company for 13 years, at

the moment I'm a project manager in an IT-like group (in our Legal department)

managing software development and 3rd party installation projects. My back

ground is electrical engineering. Don't especially care for my job, but it

allows me to live where I want to and do the things I enjoy, I'm still trying to

figure out what I want to do when I " grow-up " .

 

I'm Hispanic and Jewish and I enjoy: cooking, eating, socializing (of which I

do a lot), working out (jazzercise, ballet, yoga, weight lifting), ballroom

dancing, hiking (I've walked in the 3-day 60 mile breast cancer walk for the

past 4 years), scrapbooking, watching movies, gardening, reading... I'm sure I'm

forgetting something.

 

Oh, and as you can see I'm long winded and like to " talk " I'll stop now

before I bore you all. Let me know if I didn't cover something or you have

questions

 

So quick " recipe " (speaking of which, are we supposed to go post these in the

" files " ... how does that work?) Dinner last night was stuffed acorn squash...

I'll post that later this week when I have time to type it in. So I held onto

the acorn squash seeds... and did the following... this could be done with any

squash that has large seeds (pumpkin, etc).

 

Washed seeds

Sauteed in a non-stick pan with:

Lime Juice

Chili Powder

Salt

Pressed garlic

(all to taste)

 

Once it got to the point where the seeds were starting to stick to the pan a bit

(so liquid gone), I stuck them in the toaster oven and roasted them till brown.

 

YUM!!!

 

All seeds are high-fat (and I don't usually eat them), but given that this is

the first time I've done this since I was a kid, I'm not worried about it...

plus you don't get that many seeds out of 2 acorn squash, and I figure I'll eat

it through-out the week.

 

Looking forward to " meeting " you all

 

Jessica